Cuspidor



G. KOGHENDORFER & J. ROTH.

GUSPIDOR.

Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

(No Model.)

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GEORGE KOOHENDORFER AND JULIUS ROTH, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,631, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed December 21, 1887. Serial No. 258,610. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE Koorrnnnon- FER and Jones Born, citizens of the United States, residing at Marysville, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guspidors, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cuspidors; and it consists in improvements upon the device which is set forth in Letters Patent No. 347,354, granted to G. Kochendorfer on August 17, 1886.

The object of the present invention is to provide simpler means for operating the cover.

Afurther object is to provide means whereby the cover may be raised by foot-pressure from either side of the device.

A further object is to so construct the parts that the cuspidor will serve the additional purpose of a footstool, thereby enabling it to con? stitute one of the articles of furniture in a parlor', the unornamental device set forth in the patent above referred to being objectionable for this purpose.

Vith these objects in view the invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement, which is hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view with the treadles depressed and the cover raised. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line w m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the treadles.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the inclosing case of the cuspidor, which may be of any shape, although a rectangular shape is preferred, and B B designate short legs or standards which are secured to the lower side of the case and are provided with casters G O. The upper side of the case is closed by a cover, D, which fits snugly within the upper edges of the same, and is provided near its rear edge with lateral trunnions d, which are journaled in suitable bearings in the sides of the case. The upper side of the cover is upholstered or cushioned, as seen at E, and the upper edge of the case is similarly cushioned, as seen at F, to correspond with the cover, whereby when the latter is closed down the cuspidor has the appearance of an ordinary footstool, and it may obviously be used as such.

The interior of the inclosing-case is divided by the vertical partition G into two unequalsized compartments, the larger of which is designated by the letter H and the smaller by the letter 72. The sides of the larger compartment are provided near their upper edges with ribs I, and under these ribs is disposed the receptacle K, which corresponds in size and shape to the compartment H and fits snugly therein. This receptacle is similar to that shown in the patent above referred to, and is provided with a removable lid, k, having a central opening. The receptacle is passed into the inclosing-case through an opening, L, in the front of the latter, and the transverse strip M, which conforms in finish and appearance to the sides of the case A, is carried by the receptacle and fits in the said opening. The front or free edge of the cover D is provided with a depending detent, N, which fits in a groove, a, in the upper edge of the strip M when the receptacle is in place and the cover-D is lowered. The object of this, as

as in either of these cases the cover would not fall or gravitate into its closed position. This spring always holds the cover slightlyinclined forward when in its raised position. A further object of the spring is to prevent damage to any of the parts of the device if the cover should be raised forcibly. It thus acts as a cushion for the cover.

1? represents a roller-bar which is journaled transversely in the inclosing-case near the bot tom of the smaller compartment, It, and it is provided with a central annular groove, Q, and similar annular grooves, R, at each end. A strap, S, or a similar flexible connection, is attached at one end to the center of the rear edge of the cover D and at the other end to the roller-bar. Therefore when the roller-bar is rotated and the strap is wound thereon it will be readily seen that the rear edge of the cover will be drawn down and thus raise the front edge. The lower end of the strap is attached to the central groove, Q, so that when it is wound on the roller it will be guided'by the groove and prevented from lateral displacement.

T T represent depending brackets on the lower side of the inclosing-case, having bearings therein, and U U represent the operatingtreadles, which are provided with lateral trunnions u a, mounted in the said bearings. These treadles are adapted to bear against the under side of the case, and they are provided on their outer edges with upward and outward inclined longitudinal pressure-bars V, which extend along the sides of the case slightly above its lower edges. The treadles are provided on their lower sides with buckles WV, which are adapted to engage straps, and they are also provided near their rear edges with apertures Y, which register with similar apertures, Y, in the bottom of the case under thegrooves R R in the roller-bar.

Z Z represent straps which are attached to the roller-bar and are adapted to be received in the grooves R R, and the lower ends of the said straps are passed through the registering apertures Y and Y, through keepers 3 on the under sides of the treadles adjacent to the apertures Y, and are attached to the buckles NV.

It will be seen that when the treadles are depressed at their outer edges the straps will be drawn vertically down and cause the rotation of the roller-bar. The straps Z Z are adapted to be wound on the roller-bar when the treadles are up (or in their normal position) and the cover is lowered, while the strap S is not wound on the roller-bar. Therefore when the treadles are depressed the straps Z are unwound (thereby rotating the roller-bar) and the strap S is wound thereon, thereby drawing the rear edge of the cover downward. In short, the straps Z are wound on the rollerbar in the opposite direction to the strap S, so that when the said bar is rotated the straps Z and S are oppositely operated.

The operation of the device will now be evi dent. To raise the cover D, it is simply necessary for the operator to press his foot on the pressure-bar on one of the treadles, one of the said bars being within reach in any position of the cuspidor. When the pressure is removed from the treadle, the gravitating cover will resume its normal position and conceal the receptacle, the device in this condition not being distinguishable from an ordinary foot- V stool, as it may be upholstered to correspond with the other furniture of the room.

Having thus described our invention, we I claim 1. The combination of the inclosing-case having a receptacle, a swinging gravitating cover normally concealing the receptacle, a roller-bar mounted in the case, the pivoted treadles, and flexible connections between the treadles andthe roller-bar,and also between the roller-bar and the cover, which flexible conneetions are respectively wound in opposite directions on the said roller-bar, whereby when the treadles are depressed the cover will be raised, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the inclosing-case having a receptacle, a swinging gravitating cover normally concealing the receptacle and pivoted near its rear edge to the case, the grooved roller-bar mounted in the case beneath the rear edge of the cover, the treadles mounted under the case, the connectingstraps Z Z, which are attached to the treadles and are wound on the roller-bar in the grooves therein, and the connecting-strap S, attached to the rear edge of the cover and wound on the roller-bar in the opposite direction to the straps Z Z, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cuspidor, the combination of theinclosing-case A, a swinging gravitating cover mounted therein and adapted to normally conceal the receptacle, the roller-bar mounted in the case and connected to the cover by astrap, S, or a similar flexible material, the treadles mounted in depending brackets under the case and having pressurebars on their outer edges which project beyond the sides of the case and extend the entire length thereof, and thestraps or other flexible connections Z between the treadles and the roller-bar, whereby when the former are depressed the latter is rotated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4:. In a cuspidor, the combination, with the inclosing-case, the swinging gravitating cover mounted therein, the roller-bar, and flexible connections wound on the bar and attached to the cover, of the treadles mounted in suitable bearings under the case and having pressurebars on their outer edges projecting beyond the sides of the case, buckles attached to the treadles, and the connecting-straps Z, wound on the roller-bar and attached at their lower ends to thesaid buckles, substantially as specified.

5. In a cuspidor, the combination of the inclosing-case having its upper edges upholstered or cushioned, the swinging cover mounted within the upper edges of the case and normally concealing the receptacle, the upper side of the said cover being upholstered or cushioned to correspond with the edges of the case,- the roller-bar connected to the rear edge of the cover, and the treadles mounted under the case and connected to the rollertheir outer edges with outward and upward bar, substantially as and for the purpose inclining longitudinal pressure-bars V,which 15 specified. extend along the sides of the case slightly 6. In a cuspidor, the inclosingcase A, havabove the bottom, as set forth. 5 ing its upper edges upholstered and provided In testimony that we claim the foregoing as with a receptacle,aswinging gravitating cover our own we have hereto affixed our signatures adapted to normally conceal the receptacle, in presence of two Witnesses.

the upper side of the cover being upholstered T orjcushioned, whereby the cuspidor has the DORFER' 1o appearance of afootstool, the treadles mounted under the case and connected to the cover, Witnesses:

said treadles being adapted to bear against NATE L. MoFFIT'r,

the under side of the case, and provided on GEO. WV. MARLIN. 

